"Parachute Labs, Inc.: This was not staged. It was just a customer rig that came in for inspection & repack. Boxing of the upper portion of the reserve container, tuck tabs and riser covers encroaching over the side flaps all contributed to holding the reserve d-bag in."

Well, it says "Main 170sq ft." What size reserve? What size container (IOW, what size main and reserve were supposed to be in there)?

It was a V3 with a PD176R packed on 3/20/2001 and as said a 170 main. It was not staged. Remember the fact that the main was full and packed, this might make a difference. I don't know what is supposed to go in there as it came to us packed for cyclic inspection and we videoed it as we often routinly did. I believe the combinations were correct. This happened in 2001 and has been on the web for that long. It is not uncommon. Yes the owner was told and shown the video. I don't believe he is in the sport any longer. A USPA Bullitin issued a couple of years ago solicited info about situations like this to be reported to the PIA tech comm. There has been considerable conversation over the years on this forum. If you want to know about more, just ask for it. I am sure you will get your inbox filled.

Well John, I noticed that the direction of pull was not as it would have been in the air...unless the jumper was standing upright at reserve deployment.

Usually, when I have a partial, the malfunctioned main sets me up into the vertical. I know that it would be wrong for me to go back into the horizontal because I want the air flowing over my back to sweep off any possibility of a burble. Additionally, I am in a position to accept opening shock. Likewise when I am deploying from the horizontal (main or reserve) I "Sit up and dump" or get vertical for the above reasons. The biggest problem I have with test jumpers is that they want to go back to the horizontal after release. That’s dead wrong, fly on you shins, stay vertical. You will get a faster smoother opening.

Well John, I noticed that the direction of pull was not as it would have been in the air...unless the jumper was standing upright at reserve deployment.

Rigs are not designed to have the bag come out at that angle.

Not true. They need to be designed for just such a deployment. What is the jumper's orientation in relation to the relative wind the moment post breakaway from a spinning malfunction back to earth when an RSL pulls the pin?